The Street Sweeper Elliot Perlman Quotes & Sayings

There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it. — Charles Dudley Warner

Denial is for losers. Face your crap and move on. Otherwise you'll get old and depressed and turn into a scary pod person whose most pressing issue in life is when they get to trade in the can of Dr Pepper for the can of Bud. — Estelle Laure

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being. — John Updike

Carnality was a dangerous pasttime. — Michael Callahan

Like true friends, they take no hardy or elegant stance loosely choreographed from some broad perspective. They get right in there and mutter "Jesus Christ!" and shake their heads. — Lorrie Moore

Those who know ask to receive.Those who understand seek to experience or find.Those that are wise knock on open doors — Ikechukwu Joseph

Think how quiet a book is on a shelf, he said, just sitting there, unopened. Then think what happens when you open it. — Ali Smith

I play a bunch of instruments, like piano, drums, guitar and bass. And the kazoo every now and then. I'm trying to learn how to play the trumpet and the saxophone. That's what I'm learning how to play. — Mac Miller

At Cornell University, it was well known that after five years on Wall Street, you could expect to be making half a million a year in salary and bonus; after 10 years, you could expect a million or more. I had 60 grand of university debt, and my parents had no retirement. I needed that money. — Philipp Meyer

The history of food has never had a better biographer. Required reading for anyone who eats. — Dan Barber